ART stands for Asheville Redefines Transit, but for whom? Certainly not for seniors or the disabled or for parents with small children.
The buses are never on time according to the schedules and can be 15 minutes to an hour late. The worst change is the bus going to Wal-Mart. For those buying groceries there is a block-long walk to the bus stop. Changes are starting, but there need to be more. To complain, call Yuri Koslin, transit project manager, at 232-4522. The more complaints the better for change.
— Lloyd Kay
Asheville
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I couldn’t agree with you more, Lloyd! …and if the reading public has similar views, complain, complain, complain – it’s intolerable at the moment-